Nightspots
Old Town
122 W. Liberty [map]
662-9291
oldtownaa.com
This downtown corner bar features live music Sun. & occasional other nights, 8-10 p.m. No dancing, no cover. The performers are usually accompanied by various drop-in friends.
May 5: Rollie Tussing
Blues-oriented vocalist guitar virtuoso, former Ann Arborite who now lives in Portland (OR).
May 12: Bob Skon Trio
Folk-rock covers and originals by this trio led by Skon, a local singer-songwriter known for his wry songs about love and loss.
May 19: Dave Boutette
Veteran folk-rock singer-guitarist whose genial songs about the small ups and downs of ordinary life draw on a range of influences from Chuck Berry to Paul Westerberg.
May 26: Chad Williams
Twangy country-folk singer-songwriter, a former WCBN DJ and local alt-country impresario who now lives in Seattle.
June 2: Tim Monger
Engaging local pop-rock singer-songwriter-guitarist from the Great Lakes Myth Society known for his high lonesome tunes. Monger has a CD, Summer Cherry Ghosts, that Allmusic calls “a sweetly nostalgic song cycle, filled with sketches of places and people he's loved, memories he treasures--in short, the ghosts of summers past.”
June 9: Andrew Brown
Local Dixieland-oriented Americana singer-songwriter, a member of the Appleseed Collective.
June 16: Cousin Curtiss
Exuberant, vibrant blues- and folk-style songs about small-town like by this Onekama (MI) native, an NMU students who accompanies himself on guitar and harmonica, with splashes of kazoo, beat-boxing, and scat singing.
June 23: The Webbs
Detroit-based acoustic postpunk old-time music/bluegrass hybrid quartet. With the husband-and-wife duo of vocalist Andie Webb and bassist Tracy Webb, guitarist Robert Rasmussen, and the Chelsea-bred postpunk honky-tonk musician Scotty Karate on banjo.
June 30: Bowdish Brothers
Local country trio led by singer-guitarist Mike Smith and featuring 2 other members of the Cadillac Cowboys, bassist Gary Munce and pianist and mandolinist Kelly Schmidt.
